By Andrew Cohen As part of an effort across The Texas A&M University System to encourage students toward the teaching profession, chapters of the Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE — pronounced “taffy”) have begun to spring up statewide. At Prairie View A&M University, the new TAFE chapter has both sprung up and sprang into action. Advised
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By Emmanuel Freeman On Saturday, more than 4,000 eagerly waiting high school students and their families packed the Gentry Center Complex to get their first taste of TSU and the HBCU experience. It was Spring Preview Day at Tennessee State University, when the institution invites high school junior and seniors to various elaborate ceremonies across
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By The Associated Press The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, and its findings are grim. This year’s Equality Index shows Black people still get only 73.9 percent of the American pie white people enjoy. While Black people have made economic and health gains, they’ve slipped
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By Morehouse College Morehouse College, the nation’s only college dedicated to educating and developing men of color, emerged as the national champions of the 33rd Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), the premier academic competition for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and one of Honda’s largest and longest running philanthropic initiatives in the United States.
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By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health (CoPPS, IPH) has received a $707,000 research grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The one-year grant, “COVID-19 and Health Equity Clinical Trials,” will focus on identifying the significant gaps in local communities that contribute to
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Courtesy of Winston-Salem State University Occupational therapy involves the use of assessment and intervention to develop, recover, or maintain the meaningful activities, or occupations of individuals. All-to-often though, a key tool is missing for occupational therapists: mental health training. And mental health is a primary disrupter of one’s day-to-day life. Winston-Salem State University is on
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Courtesy of Bowie State University Tichina Arnold, award-winning actress and co-star of the CBS hit sitcom, The Neighborhood, visited Bowie State University’s Performing Arts Center on March 25 to speak about Gabriel Crypto, a newly developed app that protects individuals from spam calls or phishing. Each year spam calls account for people losing personal information,
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By Curtis Burn After 21 years as a residential appraiser, Sanedria Potter still gets incredulous looks when she shows up at a home to do her job. “You’re the appraiser?” she’s asked. Potter smiles to herself, understanding she’s an anomaly in her industry. Ninety-eight percent of home appraisers are white, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Courtesy of Delaware State University It was a battle between a duo of undergraduates and a team of a master’s degree student and an Ed.D. candidate. They fought with parring knifes, spoons, skillets, and a variety of food ingredients. The undergraduates won. The battleground was the Conrad Hall dining hall where first-ever Sodexo Magic Cooking Competition took
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Courtesy of University of Maryland Eastern Shore UMES’ Richard A. Henson Honors Program and the School of Pharmacy teamed up during spring break 2022 for an experiential learning trip to the Dominican Republican. Led by faculty members Dr. Yen Dang (pharmacy) and Dr. Michael Lane (Henson program director), eleven students spent the week of March
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